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(from ABC News Blog)
April 1 was officially National Census Day, the day the U.S. Census
Bureau has set for completed forms to be sent back. So college
students who may be missing the deadline have another task to add to
their to-do lists: Sandwiched between study sessions, exams, and
end-of-semester searches for jobs and internships is filling out the
census form.
That means you, the college student, not your parents. Eun Kim, a
public information officer with the Bureau, admitted that this
demographic is actually one of the hardest to count during the
Census period. Students have not dealt with the form before, and
they often either do not acknowledge it, or they leave it up to Mom
and Dad to fill out. But the Census is intended to be a snapshot of
America, of what the country looks like demographically on or about
April 1.
So parents listing children who are not living at home currently risk
their being counted twice.
Students who live on campus -- in dormitories, residence halls,
fraternity houses or sorority homes -- are given an Individual
Census Report.Those who live off-campus in apartment complexes or
rented homes must fill out a form that accounts for all the
residents. International students and non-citizens should also
complete their Census forms because they physically reside in the
country at the time of questioning.
Read the rest of the story on the ABC
News Blog, or see more about the US Census and international
students in this International
Student Blog post.
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